Are there accountants that would review your "self made" tax return before submission for a more humble fee?
Yes, it is expensive.
Most or all "professional" fees in Ireland are expensive - we have among the highest legal and medical fees in the world.
"Properly for a fee"Nope, that's not expensive.
You can get it done properly for a fee or maybe do it right yourself for free.
Straightforward tax returns aren't difficult and the online system is pretty good.
Steven
www.bluewaterfp.ie
"Properly for a fee"
Properly, as in the way the accounts were signed off for Anglo?
"Properly for a fee"
Properly, as in the way the accounts were signed off for Anglo?
I don't really agree with the 'can I run something by you' comment being necessarily unpaid.
This is called "Can I run something by you? I don't want to pay you a professional fee but I do want to be able to blame/sue you if you get it wrong!"
"Properly for a fee"
Properly, as in the way the accounts were signed off for Anglo?
A very selective sample size. What about the thousands of other company accounts audited every year in Ireland?
Selective? Oh yes and for very good reason. Our goverment should have made certain that those responsible for those audits be held to account. Do you disagree with that? Anyway, it's going slightly off topic, but i've made my point about TRUST.A very selective sample size. What about the thousands of other company accounts audited every year in Ireland?
What about them ?
How does anyone know what errors they may or may not contain, it is only when a company goes bankrupt and there is an investigation carried out that audit mistakes are brought to light.
The debacle that is the Anglo accounts, let us remind ourselves, the accounts materially overstated the deposit base (by €7 billion), the auditors failed to identify this.
This failure undermines, or at least should undermine, confidence in all audited accounts. Of course the audit profession shrugs its collective shoulders and carries on. The public don't care, even though it cost the taxpayer, €30 billion afaik, and we will act all shocked again the next time.
Choosie
Companies are audited by the revenue on a regular basis.
If company audits are full of holes all the time, it would come to light.
Accountants are audited by their regulator on a regular basis.
There will always be cases where an audit is not done properly but to question a whole profession on the back of just one example is incorrect.
A revenue audit for tax purposes is not at all the same thing as a statutory audit of the financial statements. Where Revenue does identify "holes", (good word, images of €€€ draining away), they would have no role in bringing them to public attention. Do we have any idea how many Revenue audits result in a restatement of the tax payable ?
https://www.iaasa.ie/Are they ? I thought it was their professional boddies, (another good word).
Where there are little or no sanctions when audits are not done properly.
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